The Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Activity of Some Metal Ions Complexes with Schiff’s Bases Derived from Reaction of 3-Hydrazone-1,3- Dihydro-Indole-2-One with 2- Pyri... by safa sami Muwafaq, Naser Shaalan

“…Chloride-containing, atomic absorption, molar conductance, and magnetic susceptibility have all been used to identify these compounds. …”
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Syzygium malaccense leaf extract-mediated silver nanoparticles: synthesis, characterization, and biomedical evaluation in Caenorhabditis elegans and lung cancer cell line by Santosh Mallikarjun Bhavi, Bothe Thokchom, Sapam Riches Singh, Sukesh Kumar Bajire, Rajesh P. Shastry, B. S. Srinath, Shivanand S. Bhat, Kotresha Dupadahalli, Chandramohan Govindasamy, Swati Ravi Chalekar, B. P. Harini, Ramesh Babu Yarajarla

“…Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) provided detailed insights into particle morphology. …”
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Decomposition of the Methylene Blue Dye Using Layered Manganese Oxide Materials Synthesized by Solid State Reactions by M. E. Becerra, A. M. Suarez, N. P. Arias, O. Giraldo

“…The materials were characterized by atomic absorption, average oxidation states of manganese, X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, and scanning electron microscopy. …”
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The Synergistic Effect of Nitrogen Dopant and Calcination Temperature on the Visible-Light-Induced Photoactivity of N-Doped TiO2 by Yao-Tung Lin, Chih-Huang Weng, Hui-Jan Hsu, Yu-Hao Lin, Ching-Chang Shiesh

“…The results showed nitrogen atoms were incorporated into the interstitial positions of the TiO2 lattice. …”
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Removal from Two Kinds of Granite Commonly Found in Catering Kitchen by Khaddouj Amzil, Fatima Hamadi, Hassan Latrache, Rachida Mimouni, Hicham Abou Oualid, Khadija Azelmad, Aissa Saidi, Abdallah Elboulani, Mustapha Mabrouki

“…In addition, the surface properties of granites such as mineral composition, roughness, and physicochemical properties were determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy coupled with electron diffraction spectroscopy coupled with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and contact angle measurement (CAM), respectively. …”
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Elucidating governing factors of PFAS removal by polyamide membranes using machine learning and molecular simulations by Nohyeong Jeong, Shinyun Park, Subhamoy Mahajan, Ji Zhou, Jens Blotevogel, Ying Li, Tiezheng Tong, Yongsheng Chen

“…The examination of the impacts of chemical structure involves interpreting the multimodal transformer model incorporated with simplified molecular input line entry system strings through heat maps, providing a visual representation of the attention score assigned to each atom of PFAS molecules. Both ML interpretation methods highlight the dominance of electrostatic interaction in governing PFAS transport across polyamide membranes. …”
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Tailoring graphite fiber addition to improve high-temperature wear resistance graphite fiber/ Fe composite by Boer Cao, Qinyuan Huang, Yuhao Wu, Hongli Cao, Shangyang Zou, Quan Shan

“…The addition of Gf facilitated the bonding of carbon atoms with alloying elements like Cr, leading to carbide precipitation and a second-phase strengthening effect. …”
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Global uranium market dynamics: analysis and future implications by Sa’d Shannak, Logan Cochrane, Daria Bobarykina

“…The study also highlights the International Atomic Energy Agency’s outlook, emphasizing that primary mining will remain the dominant source of uranium, despite contributions from secondary sources. …”
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Effect of Ozone Combined with 1-MCP on the Color and Quality of Nectarines during Postharvest Storage by Chen LIU, Yibin ZHANG, Xiaoyu JIA, Zhiyong ZHAO

“…In order to investigate the effect of ozone regulation on the color and quality changes of nectarine treated with 1-methylcyclopropylene (1-MCP) during cold storage, nectarine test materials were fumigated with 1 μL/L 1-MCP for 24 h after postharvest, combined with ozone water atomization and ozone gas fumigation for 30 min, then packaged and stored at 0±0.5 ℃. …”
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Peroxidase-like activity of citrate-functionalized magnetite nanoparticles augmented its antibacterial potency by Haitham Al-Madhagi, Abd Alraouf Tarabishi, Fatima Al-Zahra Hamsho, Zaher Tahan, Lama Alchab, Wassim Abdelwahed

“…The nanoparticles were prepared using coprecipitation method and characterized using UV–visible spectrophotometry, Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering (DLS), zeta potential, magnetism and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The catalytic activity was assessed by its ability to oxidize pyrogallol. …”
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Removal of Some Heavy Metal Cations from Aqueous Solution by Adsorption onto Natural Kaolin by H. Ceylan, T. Şahan, R. Gürkan, Ş. Kubilay

“…The percentage adsorption and equilibrium concentrations were determined by means of atomic absorption flame photometry as a function of adsorbate concentration, pH and temperature. …”
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Diffusion-driven transient hydrogenation in metal superhydrides at extreme conditions by Yishan Zhou, Yunhua Fu, Meng Yang, Israel Osmond, Rajesh Jana, Takeshi Nakagawa, Owen Moulding, Jonathan Buhot, Sven Friedemann, Dominique Laniel, Thomas Meier

“…While numerous novel metal hydride compounds have been reported and extensively investigated for their superconducting properties, little attention has been focused on the atomic and electronic states of hydrogen, the main ingredient in these novel compounds. …”
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Structural basis for RNA-guided DNA degradation by Cas5-HNH/Cascade complex by Yanan Liu, Lin Wang, Qian Zhang, Pengyu Fu, Lingling Zhang, Ying Yu, Heng Zhang, Hongtao Zhu

“…Here, we present several near-atomic cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structures of the Candidatus Cloacimonetes bacterium Cas5-HNH/Cascade complex, both in its DNA-bound and unbound states. …”
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Heavy Metal Contamination of Foods by Refuse Dump Sites in Awka, Southeastern Nigeria by J. K. C. Nduka, O. E. Orisakwe, L. O. Ezenweke, M. N. Chendo, T. E. Ezenwa

“…The heavy metals (lead, manganese, arsenic, chromium, cadmium, and nickel) in vegetables (spinach, fluted pumpkin), root crop (cocoyam), and surface and ground water were determined using an atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS). Chemical properties of the soil and bacteria were determined. …”
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In Situ Synthesis of MOF/Thermoresponsive Hydrogel Composite-Based Adsorbents for Water Treatment by Faezeh Mousavi-Torkamani, Massomeh Ghorbanloo, Mitra Saffari, Nastaran Maddahzadeh

“…To determine the amounts of Zn metals in the prepared compound, atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) was used. The prepared composites were used to adsorb Methylene Blue from aqueous solutions. …”
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Bone Response to Surface-Modified Titanium Implants: Studies on the Early Tissue Response to Implants with Different Surface Characteristics by C. Larsson Wexell, P. Thomsen, B.-O. Aronsson, P. Tengvall, M. Rodahl, J. Lausmaa, B. Kasemo, L. E. Ericson

“…Scanning Auger Electron Spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, and Atomic Force Microscopy revealed no significant differences in oxide thickness or surface roughness parameters, but differences in the surface chemical composition and apparent topography were observed. …”
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The Search for the Optimal Methodology for Predicting Fluorinated Cathinone Drugs NMR Chemical Shifts by Natalina Makieieva, Teobald Kupka, Oimahmad Rahmonov

“…In the current study, cathinone and its 12 fluorinated derivatives were selected for gauge-including atomic orbital (GIAO) NMR calculations using Hartree–Fock (HF) and 28 density functionals combined with 6-311++G** basis set to find the optimal level of theory for ¹H, ¹³C, and ¹⁹F chemical shifts modeling. …”
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Core Cross-linked Star Polymers for Temperature/pH Controlled Delivery of 5-Fluorouracil by Elizabeth Sánchez-Bustos, José M. Cornejo-Bravo, Angel Licea-Claverie

“…Light scattering and atomic force microscopy studies suggest that loose core star polymers were obtained. …”
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Understanding and Optimizing Oxygen Plasma Treatment for Enhanced Cu-Cu Bonding Application by Sangwoo Park, Sangmin Lee, Junyoung Choi, Sarah Eunkyung Kim

“…X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was employed to calculate the Cu atomic percentage (at%) at the surface and at a depth of 25 seconds of etching, while water contact angle (WCA) measurements assessed surface energy. …”
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Synthesis of uniform two-dimensional nitrogen-doped graphene films via thermal evaporation as efficient oxygen reduction catalysts by Xue-Wei Lu, Xiaoliang Zhang, Ruxuan Chen, Shuwei Wang, Zile Wang, Huajun Tian, Liying Jiao

“…However, the conventional thermal evaporation techniques present challenges in producing nitrogen-rich NG thin films because of the difficulties of a controllable manner for doping graphene with N atoms. To address this, we designed a vacuum thermal evaporation system for the large-scale preparation of 2D NG thin films. …”
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